To prepare for this assignment:
- Review the Lukacs reading and the Truman Doctrine speech in this week’s Learning Resources.
- Review Churchill’s “The Sinews of Peace” speech and Stalin’s speech in this week’s Learning Resources.
- Compare and contrast Churchill’s and Stalin’s speeches.
- Reflect upon the differences and similarities between Churchill and Stalin’s leadership styles.
- Evaluate the rivalry between Churchill and Stalin.
- Think about what underlying factors could have led to the Cold War.
- Consider the following questions:
- What was the role of the United Nations in the context of maintaining international peace?
- Was Stalin correct in his assertion that Great Britain (and the United States) was motivated by their belief in the superiority of the English-speaking nations?
- Do you support Stalin’s argument in favor of a buffer zone between the Soviet Union and Central Europe as legitimate?
- Do you agree with Churchill’s argument that the Soviet Union desires the “indefinite expansion of their power and doctrines” cannot be substantiated by Soviet actions before March 1946?
- How do Churchill and Stalin invoke the memory of Hitler’s unchecked expansion in the 1930s, and how do both make incorrect comparisons?
- What was Truman’s assessment of the world situation as expressed in his “Truman Doctrine” speech?
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